وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةًۭ لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّۭا
Wattakhazoo min doonil laahi aalihatal liyakoonoo lahum 'izzaa
And they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.
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Oneness of Allah
19:81Ayah 198
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And they namely the disbelievers of Mecca have taken besides God graven images as other gods for them to worship that they may be for them a source of might that they may be intercessors before God so that they will not be chastised.
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